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A project for the lesser known figures (e.g., common soldiers, spies, people who helped free slaves, etc.) in the American Civil War. This can also include famous people who are not known for their service in this war. This war was fought by many, both in action and in the aid of the people's' spirit. So let us not forget all who fought this grandiose war. We include both people who sided with ...
Go to Wilson Name study Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Wilson County, Texas. Wilson County was formed in 1860 and was named after James Charles Wilson. Adjacent Counties Guadalupe County Gonzales County Karnes County Atascosa County Bexar County Cities, Towns & Communities Calaveras Carpenter Dewees Doseido Colony
Tämä projekti on keskeneräinen! Kylä Hikiä, Hausjärvi Kylää, taloja, sukuja Hikiä on Hausjärven kylä, joka on yksi kunnan neljästä taajamasta. Asukkaita on noin 1200. Hausjärven kuntakeskus on Oitti. Hikiän poikki kulkee Riihimäki–Lahti-rata, jolla junia kulkee tunnin välein suuntaansa. Hikiän lähellä on kirkonkylä, jossa sijaitsee Hausjärven kirkko. Hikiässä on myös Karhiin jatkuva harju. H...
This project is created to honor lives lost in the American Civil War as well as those who fought and led to establishing the America we have today. Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty. (www.civilwar.org/education/civil-war-casualties.html)www.civilwar.org/education/history/faq/ Civil War Trust The war began when the Confederates bombarde...
Issues of Concern We the People Direct Line to White House> When I ran for this office, I pledged to make government more open and accountable to its citizens. That’s what the new WE the PEOPLE feature is all about – giving Americans a direct line to the White House on the issues and concerns that matter most to them. >– President Barack Obama >>>>--------------------------------->>>>== Prayer ...
This project is an umbrella project for all colonies in the New World that were part of the "Lords Proprietor" and "landgrave" system of establishing a noble ruling class. Please do not add profiles to this project, but add profiles to the appropriate sub-project. From Proprietary colonies were a type of colony in English America which existed during the early modern period. In English over...
Feudalism and Nobility in the New World: Glossary is a companion project to Feudalism and Nobility in the New World: The Lords Proprietors and Landgrave Master Portal . This project objective is to describe in more detail terminology that may be unfamiliar. Please use discussions to discuss terms we need to work on more. Wikipedia: Lord proprietor A lord proprietor is a person granted a ...
From and from A lord proprietor is a person granted a royal charter for the establishment and government of an English colony in the 17th century. The plural of the term is "lords proprietors" or "lords proprietary". AI Overview definition of Landgrave: Landgraves were a title of nobility given to local leaders in the British North American colony of Carolina. The title was created by John ...
From A lord proprietor is a person granted a royal charter for the establishment and government of an English colony in the 17th century. The plural of the term is "lords proprietors" or "lords proprietary". AI Overview definition of Landgrave: Landgraves were a title of nobility given to local leaders in the British North American colony of Carolina. The title was created by John Locke in ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grayson County, Texas. Official Website The earliest known inhabitants of what is now Grayson County were Caddo Amerindian groups, including Tonkawa, Ionis, and Kichai. These groups engaged in agriculture and traded with Spanish and French colonists at trading posts along the Red River. Trading posts were established at Preston Bend...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Indiana. Official Website Jefferson County was formed in 1811. It was named for Thomas Jefferson, principal draftsman of the Northwest Ordinance and President of the United States from 1801 through 1809. Adjacent Counties Carroll County, Kentucky Switzerland County Trimble County, Kentucky Clark County ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Muscatine County, Iowa. Wikipedia Muscatine County was formed in December 1836 as a part of Wisconsin Territory. One history suggests that the county was named for Muscatine Island in the Mississippi River. The island lies opposite Muscatine County and was believed to be named after the Mascouten tribe, Algonquian-speaking Native A...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Collin County, Texas. Both the county and the county seat were named after Collin McKinney (1766-1861), one of the five men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest of the 59 men who signed it. Cemeteries Cemeteries of Texas Links Wikipedia
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Greenwood County, South Carolina. Official Website Greenwood County was formed in 1897. It was named for its county seat, Greenwood. This had been named around 1824 after a plantation owned by John McGehee, an early resident. The area was developed largely for cotton plantations and was dependent on slave labor. It has continued to...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cocke County, Tennessee. Official Website Before the arrival of European settlers, the area that is now Cocke County was inhabited by the Cherokee. The first recorded European settlement in the county was in 1783 when land near the fork of the French Broad and the Pigeon Rivers was cleared and cultivated. The earliest European settl...
Tervetuloa Ähtärin paikkakuntaprojektiin. Projekti on osa Pohjanmaa -projektia. Projektiin voi lisätä Ähtärissä syntyneitä, eläneitä, kuolleita tai muuten Ähtärissä vaikuttaneita henkilöitä. Yleistietoa paikkakunnasta Ähtärin kylät Alastaipale, vanhimmat talot Pakari I ja Pakari IIHankavesi, vanhimmat talot Hankola, Tapaninmäki, Tiainen eli Moksu, Domarnäs, Hankaniemi ja Sara-ahoKivijärvi, vanh...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Atoka County, Oklahoma. The area forming Atoka County was part of the Choctaw Nation after the tribe was forced to relocate to Indian Territory from its home in the Southeastern United States in the early 1830s. Unlike the State of Oklahoma , whose county boundaries follow the precise north-south, east-west grid provided by Oklahoma'...
Projekti aloitettu 22.8.2017. Tähän projektiin voi etsiä ja lisätä Uudessakaupungissa asuneiden henkilöiden profiileja. Toivotaan profiili liitettäväksi samalla Varsinais-Suomi ja Satakunta ja Suomi ja Karjala -projekteihin ===Uudenkaupungin paikkakuntaprojekti===Ruotsinkielinen nimi Nystad Vanhat nimet Kalaisten kaupunki, Vasaborg* Uusikaupunki suomeksi Nystad på svenska Uusikaupunki in Engli...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Orange County, Indiana. Orange County was formed by the Indiana Territorial Legislature, on December 26, 1815. The early settlers were mostly Quakers fleeing the institution of slavery in Orange County, North Carolina. Jonathan Lindley brought his group of Quakers from North Carolina to the area in 1811. They were the first to build ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Atchison County, Kansas . Official Website Named for David Rice Atchison (1807-1886), United States senator from Missouri at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. French explorers and trappers were the first Europeans to journey across what became Atchison County. Etienne de Bourgmont, military commander of the French colony of Lou...
Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is the world's most popular sport.This project is for listing the profiles of football players with an international career . For profiles to be eligible they should:* be Public, with a photo and biography* be connected to the World Tree* be international a...
Birmingham was founded on June 1, 1871, by the Elyton Land Company whose investors included cotton planters, bankers and railroad entrepreneurs. It sold lots near the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga and South & North Alabama railroads including land formerly a part of the Benjamin P. Worthington Plantation. The first business at that crossroads was the trading post and country sto...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Alabama. Official Website Jefferson County was established on December 13, 1819 by the Alabama Legislature. It was named in honor of former President Thomas Jefferson. In a study of lynchings in the South from 1877 to 1950, Jefferson County is documented as having the highest number of lynchings of any county in...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Williamson County, Texas. Official Website The county was established on March 13, 1948, and is named for Robert McAlpin Williamson (1804? –1859), a community leader and a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. Adjacent Counties Milam County Bell County Lee County Bastrop County Travis County Burnet County Cities & ...
The "Grand Army of the Republic" (G.A.R.) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War for the Northern/Federal forces. Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and growing to include hundreds of posts (local community units) across the nation, (pred...